Please welcome Lisa Renee Jones, Author of The Story That is Sterling who shares a Guest Post on Planning the Series. Make sure you read to the end to find out how to enter for Lisa's Giveaway!
Thank you for having me here today at Martha’s Bookshelf to
celebrate the release of THE STORM THAT IS STERLING!
Today I’m talking about planning the series or letting it happen
since Sterling is a part of a series. I’ve written a number of series but
probably the most comparable to my Zodius series is my KNIGHTS OF WHITE with
Harlequin. With both my Zodius series and my Knights of White the books each
lead to the next book in the series. With my Knights of White I usually left a
bit of a cliffhanger. The main story was resolved with a HEA but the next
character got into some sort of mess. This made it especially important to have
planned the next book in the series. I knew from book 1 of that series that a
romance I hinted at in book 1 would be headed a certain place in book 6. My
readers jumped on that and had lots of questions after each book about that
teasing storyline. I had something about that couple in all of the books.
In the Zodius series, I’ve planned in advance and I’ve known
where I was going from the beginning. However, I have to say, that the leader
of the Renegades, Caleb, hasn’t cooperated. I had his story planned a certain
way and a female character has demanded she be his love interest and I just
didn’t see that coming. It doesn’t fit my plan but yet, it is the plan now. In
DANGER THAT IS DAMION you will have a very good idea who Caleb’s love will end
up being. So, while I’m for planning, I do let my characters lead me. That is
part of the fun of writing and living the story as I write it.
In DANGER THAT IS DAMION you will meet Chale and he is my
planned hero for book 4. I love Chale who is a Harley riding, wild and wicked,
man with a Sterling like sense of humor. I hope you will get as attached to him
in book 3 as I did. Now, in Sterling’s story Damion is a HUGE part of the book.
You will know him well by the end of book 2.
To celebrate Sterling’s release I have a bag of books and yummy
holiday treats. All you have to do is comment. Tell me what you like, or
dislike, when you are reading a series. And how many books into a series do you
read? 3? 10? What makes you lose interest?
Lisa
Here is the buy link for Sterling!
Booklist review:
The Storm That Is Sterling.
Jones, Lisa Renee (Author)
Nov 2011. 384 p. Sourcebooks/Casablanca, hardcover, $6.99.
(9781402251597).
The exciting Zodius futuristic suspense series features
soldiers enhanced by a GTECH secret military experiment. Sterling Jeter, who is
assigned to guard Rebecca Burns, the scientist working on an antidote for the
highly addictive and fatal drug ICE. But Rebecca is also the high-school dream
Sterling was never able to realize. She has cancer and tangling with bad guys
who want her science skills for their ends has left her an ICE addict, too. She
wants to take advantage of her time left with Sterling, while Sterling wants to
protect her. As danger mounts, they try to sort out who is trustworthy. The
GTECH and science details can best be followed with the help of the index, but
they do not overwhelm the appealing characters or action. Jones’ suspense truly
sizzles with an energy similar to FBI tales with a paranormal twist by Julie
Garwood or Suzanne Brockmann. Alpha, military, and paranormal romance readers
will want Jones’ entire series.
Sterling Jeter has remarkable
powers and has shown himself
to be just about indestructible.
But beautiful, brilliant Rebecca
Burns knows that even a Super
Soldier needs comfort, and so
much more…
But she can see that deep down,
he’s just a man…
Sterling and Rebecca’s teenage
romance was interrupted,
but years later the heat between
them flares back to life.
Even though it endangers
everything they’re fighting for, it’s
impossible to resist picking up right where they left
off…
Read an
extra excerpt HERE:
